US5706376A - Multiport illuminator for macro-fibers - Google Patents

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US5706376A
US5706376A US08/459,613 US45961395A US5706376A US 5706376 A US5706376 A US 5706376A US 45961395 A US45961395 A US 45961395A US 5706376 A US5706376 A US 5706376A
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Andrew P. Riser
John F. Forkner
Stephen S. Wilson
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    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4298—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements coupling with non-coherent light sources and/or radiation detectors, e.g. lamps, incandescent bulbs, scintillation chambers
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    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0005—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being of the fibre type
    • G02B6/0006—Coupling light into the fibre
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the core is the portion of a light pipe which transmits light, and typically has a diameter of about 2 to 12 min. It is formed of a very soft, semi-liquid plastic material, such as OPTIFLEX®, which is manufactured by Rohm & Haas Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pa.
  • the cladding layer typically comprises polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE or TEFLON®), or the like, while the outer sheath is fabricated of a material such as polyvinylchloride (PVC).
  • these large diameter "light pipes” are typically employed in a variety of illumination systems where direct lighting is difficult to maintain, dangerous, or subject to vandalism. Examples include architectural lighting, display cases, pools and spas (to eliminate electrical connections near water), hazardous material zones (to eliminate the need for sealed lighting), or jail cells. They are particularly advantageous in that only a single centralized illumination system must be maintained, rather than a plurality of individual lights.
  • the light from the source of illumination is spread across the army of optical fibers, it will illuminate not only the cores of the optical fibers, but also the cladding layers and the shielding layers. Furthermore, the voids between the optical fibers, which are inevitable because of the fibers' round dimensions, also are impacted by the light from the illumination source. All of the light falling upon any element other than the cores is wasted, and becomes an efficiency loss, since it will not be transmitted by the fibers. Additionally, packing the fibers so closely together creates problems such as mechanical difficulties in configuring and accommodating the illumination system and difficulties encountered in attempting to replace one of the individual bundled fibers. This design also typically results in color variation between fibers unless techniques are specifically employed to prevent this problem.
  • This invention efficiently couples the light originating from an arc lamp, or similar source, into a multiplicity of flexible macroscopic fibers.
  • Such a system is to be used in transmitting illumination from a central source to a variety of remote locations.
  • the combination of the several elements of the inventive system results in a very efficient transfer of the energy of the light source to the fibers.
  • the system also provides a very flexible mechanical means for distributing the energy to the fibers and to the remote locations at which the light is used.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the inventive optical system
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the lamp and right portion of the dual reflector illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end view of the dual reflector, taken along lines 3--3 in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is schematic side view illustrating the multi-sector lens which forms a part of the optical system shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is an end view of the multi-sector lens shown in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of an inventive fiber illumination unit, illustrating a homing containing the system elements shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of the unit illustrated in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic front view of the unit illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • an optical system 10 which includes a compact light source 12, which may comprise an arc lamp or similar source.
  • the light source 12 is placed at the focus of a dual curved reflector 14, which comprises two reflector portions 16 and 18 which are disposed in a back-to-back fashion. In each reflector portion 16, 18, the center or vertex region of the reflector has been removed, as illustrated, and the two reflector portions are joined at intersection points 20 and 22.
  • each of the two flat reflectors or fold mirrors 24 and 24a are reflected by the dual reflector 14, as illustrated by the lines of incidence shown in FIG. 1, in two opposing directions, and is then directed through an angle of approximately 90 degrees (or any other desired angle) by each of two flat reflectors or fold mirrors 24 and 24a, respectively. Then, each focussed beam of light impinges on a lens end 26, 26a of a circular light pipe 28, 28a.
  • Each of the two circular light pipes 28, 28a is comprised of a transparent material, such as glass or clear plastic, and is adapted to integrate the light beam by means of multiple reflections within the light pipe.
  • the light beam emerges from the light pipe 28 at an exit lens face 32.
  • the diverging from the light pipe 28 is then collimated by means of a collimating lens 34.
  • the collimated beam is split into a number of separate focussed beams by means of a multi-sectored lens 36 (FIGS. 1, 4, and 5).
  • Each of the lens sectors 38 (FIG. 5) focusses onto the core of a corresponding output fiber 40.
  • the optical system for the left beam focussed by the dual reflector 14 through the left channel 42 can be essentially the same as that described with respect to the right channel 30, or some different features may be incorporated into the left channel.
  • the right channel 30 might have a collimating lens and sector lens accommodating ten output fibers while the left channel might only couple to a single large fiber or multi-fiber bundle 44.
  • FIG. 1 Another useful feature of the invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, is to incorporate a rotating color wheel 46 at the exit of the light pipe 28 or, alternatively, in front of the sector lens 36. Both locations are shown in the figure, though typically only one or the other of the color wheels 46 would actually be employed at one time.
  • the color wheel 46 at the light pipe exit the color of the light to all of the fibers is the same and changes simultaneously as the wheel rotates.
  • the colors to each fiber are different and can change at different rates depending on the pattern on the wheel.
  • the high efficiency of this illumination system derives from the special design of a number of its elements working singly and in combination.
  • the lamp 12 is preferably selected to have small are dimensions so that it will couple into fibers of relatively small diameter (preferably 3 mm to 10 mm).
  • the reflector 14 consists of two axially symmetrical curved halves or portions 16 and 18, with the lamp centered at their matching plane. This arrangement makes use of the very efficient collection properties of the low magnification section of the ellipsoidal (or near ellipsoidal) reflector shape.
  • the large hole 48 in the center of each reflector-half (FIG. 3) results in a focussed light beam with a ring-shaped cross section.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section through the right portion 18 of the dual reflector 14 indicating how the ring-shaped beam 50 is generated.
  • the ring-shaped beam 50 wherein the darkened center portion 52 is represented by cross-hatching, is preserved through the light pipe 28 and through the collimating lens 34 (see FIG. 1). As shown best in FIG.
  • the ring-shaped beam impinges on the sector lens as well, and it can be seen that the outer boundary 54 of the beam 50 and the inner boundary 56 thereof, define the lens aperture in the radial direction.
  • the ring beam thus very usefully limits the required lens aperture and permits lenses of relatively short focal length to be used. This ability to use short focal length lenses permits much more efficient coupling into small diameter fibers, thus unexpectedly increasing the efficiency of the system.
  • the minimum fiber diameter is controlled by the need to match the output beam divergence to the numerical aperture of the fiber.
  • the lamp is shown at the focal point of the dual reflector 14.
  • the long dimension of the arc discharge of the lamp 12, as defined by the position of the electrodes 58, is oriented so as to be substantially parallel and coincident with the reflector symmetry axis 60.
  • the efficiency of transmission of the optical system is greatly influenced by the arc orientation with respect to the reflector because of the high length to diameter ratio (typically about 5x) of the arc.
  • the small dimension 62 of the arc (FIG. 3) becomes the controlling parameter in defining the minimum permissible output fiber diameter for efficient coupling. Small output fiber diameter is usually desired in most applications. Designing for minimum output fiber diameter permits larger fibers to also be coupled efficiently, provided that the criterion of matching output beam divergence to fiber numerical aperture is met.
  • the sector lens 36 can have as few as two and up to about twelve sectors. Also, the sectors need not be equal in area, since in some applications it may be desirable to deliver different amounts of light to different locations.
  • the sector lens as a means of splitting the incident beam has a major advantage over currently used bundled fibers in that the sector lens army separates the fibers from each other (FIGS. 4 and 5), thereby permitting easy installation and removal of individual fibers.
  • the fold reflector 24, 24a may serve a multiple function of folding mirror and heat rejecting mirror. As a folding mirror, it also provides the ability of rotating the entire output optical system around a mechanical axis 64, as best shown in FIG. 1. This feature is very useful in allowing great flexibility in positioning the direction in which the fibers emerge from the unit. Independent rotation of the fold mirrors 24, 24a on either side of the lamp gives additional flexibility of output fiber location.
  • the circular light pipe 28 (as well as light pipe 28a) is used to integrate the angular distribution of the light around the pipe axis 66. This is advantageous since it allows the light output of each fiber to be identical (which is usually desired), because the angular light distribution from the lamp is not generally uniform. Additionally, the metal-halide type of arc lamp which is preferably used typically has some color differences in the angular distribution which also needs to be integrated out in order to avoid undesirable color differences in output between fibers.
  • Field lenses 26 and 32 are preferably employed on the light pipe ends to constrain the light inside the pipe so that it is totally reflected internally.
  • the field lens portions 26 and 32 of the light pipe are larger in diameter than the pipe section itself in order to provide a loss-free means of mounting the light pipe. Anything touching the light pipe surface will bleed off some of the internally reflected light unless the pipe is clad, which is a disadvantageous approach since it reduces its numerical aperture and increases its cost.
  • the collimating lens 34 accomplishes the initial focussing of the light beam onto the output fibers 40.
  • the collimating lens in conjunction with each individual lens sector 38 comprises a relay lens system that roughly images the output end of the light pipe onto the fiber port.
  • the lens sectors may have aspheric shapes to reduce aberrations and improve efficiency, and are preferably given a thickness such that the output beam is focussed on the rear surface of the lens sector. This allows the soft core of the usual type of fiber to "wet" the lens surface, thereby reducing reflection losses at this interface.
  • a complete fiber illumination unit 68 having a modular dual-port construction is illustrated schematically in FIGS. 6 through 8.
  • the center module 70 of the unit contains the light source 12 and its dual reflector 14, together with a power supply 72, cooling fan 74, and all other associated electrical wiring, etc.
  • Two side modules 76 and 78 preferably contain the fold mirrors 24 and 24a, the light pipes 28 and 28a, and the collimating lens 34 and 34a and sector lens assemblies 36 and 36a that feed into the fibers 40 and 40a.
  • the two modules 76 and 78 are substantially identical, there is no requirement that they be so. Having different sector lenses on either side allows coupling to a different number of fibers on the two sides.
  • the side modules 76 and 78 do not contain any electrical wiring and therefore can be detached easily from the central source module 70, using ordinary mechanical fasteners.
  • the side modules can be rotated about the mechanical axis 64, as discussed in FIG. 1 and shown in FIG. 7, in order to allow convenient placement of the fiber output ports this feature permits great flexibility for lighting installations with tight space restraints, in building utility closets and the like.

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US08/645,324 US5790723A (en) 1995-01-17 1996-05-13 Multiport illuminator optic design for macro-fibers
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AT96916833T ATE338958T1 (de) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 Mehrfach-beleuchtungsvorrichtung für makro-fasern
BR9608618A BR9608618A (pt) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 Sistema de iluminação por fibra ótica
PCT/US1996/008123 WO1996038750A1 (en) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 Multiport illuminator for macro-fibers
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AU59579/96A AU692397B2 (en) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 Multiport illuminator for macro-fibers
JP8536682A JPH11506563A (ja) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 マクロファイバー用マルチポート・イルミネータ
EP96916833A EP0829026B1 (de) 1995-06-02 1996-05-31 Mehrfach-beleuchtungsvorrichtung für makro-fasern
US08/743,426 US5790725A (en) 1995-06-02 1996-11-01 Multiport illuminator for macro-fibers
US08/789,965 US5892867A (en) 1995-01-17 1997-01-31 Spherical multiport illuminator optic design for light guides
US08/789,972 US5862277A (en) 1995-01-17 1997-01-31 Multiport illuminator optic design for light guides
US08/792,563 US5911020A (en) 1995-01-17 1997-01-31 Bi-planar multiport illuminator optic design for light guides

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US08/789,972 Continuation-In-Part US5862277A (en) 1995-01-17 1997-01-31 Multiport illuminator optic design for light guides
US08/789,965 Continuation-In-Part US5892867A (en) 1995-01-17 1997-01-31 Spherical multiport illuminator optic design for light guides
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